Joyce and Jim Lavene | The Magic of Flowers

Witches have revered flowers and growing things since the first witch danced naked in the moonlight thousands of years before the birth of Christ.

Flowers are symbols of happiness and sadness, used throughout life from the birth of a child to the death of a loved one. Just the scent of a flower can make you remember a time of happiness. Even science agrees that their magic makes a home feel more welcoming and increases happiness.

There are many myths about flowers, when the best time of the moon is to plant them, what flowers to give for the times in our lives. Give red flowers to someone who is ill because it means life and health. Giving a white flower to a sick person is sure to doom them.

Flower meanings are part of this magic. Camellia brings good luck but each color has an individual meaning. White camellias mean adoration. Pink means longing for love. Red means excellence.

Forget-me-not is associated with true love and memories. Wearers of these flowers won’t be forgotten by their lovers. Giving them is a strong reminder to keep them alive in memory.

Even the dandelion, not much revered or considered in America has meaning – faithfulness, sympathy, and happiness. It also makes a tasty wine that some say is a cure for gallbladder disease.

Witches believe that there is magic in every living thing. Perhaps even those who don’t consider themselves witches share some of that sentiment?

About Joyce and Jim Lavene

Joyce and Jim Lavene write award–winning, best–selling mystery fiction as themselves, J.J. Cook and Ellie Grant. They have written and published more than 60 novels for Harlequin, Berkley, Amazon and Gallery Books along with hundreds of non– fiction articles for national and regional publications. They live in rural North Carolina with their family. Visit them at their website.

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About LOOKING FOR MR. GOOD WITCH

Everyone’s favorite retired witches from Spell Booked have returned and are diving into troubled waters to find a sinister sea witch…

WITCHY WOMAN

A sea witch has been leaving bodies in her wake up and down the Carolina coast, baffling authorities who are finding drowning victims with no water in their lungs. The fin-icky female will continue to kill young male witches until she finds her perfect man—the one who survives her mating ritual—so she can live for another hundred years. And now coven hopeful Brian Fuller is about to be ensnared in her net.

Retired witches Molly and Elsie, along with the ghost of Olivia and her daughter Dorothy, need all the help they can get to stop the sea witch. Aided by a selkie and a crème puff–craving mermaid, they’re determined to keep Brian out of her murky clutches. But are they all about to get in over their heads?